Add the ability to filter by state event type on admin room state endpoint

changelog.d/18035.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add a unit test for the `type` parameter of the [Room State Admin API](https://element-hq.github.io/synapse/develop/admin_api/rooms.html#room-state-api).

docs/admin_api/rooms.md

@@ -385,6 +385,13 @@ The API is:
 GET /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id>/state
 ```
 
+**Parameters**
+
+The following query parameter is available:
+
+* `type` - The type of room state event to filter by, eg "m.room.create". If provided, only state events
+    of this type will be returned (regardless of their `state_key` value).
+
 A response body like the following is returned:
 
 ```json

synapse/rest/admin/rooms.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Tuple, cast
 
 import attr
+from immutabledict import immutabledict
 
 from synapse.api.constants import Direction, EventTypes, JoinRules, Membership
 from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, Codes, NotFoundError, SynapseError
@@ -463,7 +464,18 @@ async def on_GET(
         if not room:
             raise NotFoundError("Room not found")
 
-        event_ids = await self._storage_controllers.state.get_current_state_ids(room_id)
+        state_filter = None
+        type = parse_string(request, "type")
+
+        if type:
+            state_filter = StateFilter(
+                types=immutabledict({type: None}),
+                include_others=False,
+            )
+
+        event_ids = await self._storage_controllers.state.get_current_state_ids(
+            room_id, state_filter
+        )
         events = await self.store.get_events(event_ids.values())
         now = self.clock.time_msec()
         room_state = await self._event_serializer.serialize_events(events.values(), now)

tests/rest/admin/test_room.py

@@ -2035,6 +2035,52 @@ def test_room_state(self) -> None:
         # the create_room already does the right thing, so no need to verify that we got
         # the state events it created.
 
+    def test_room_state_param(self) -> None:
+        """Test that filtering by state event type works when requesting state"""
+        room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(self.admin_user, tok=self.admin_user_tok)
+
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/{room_id}/state?type=m.room.member",
+            access_token=self.admin_user_tok,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code)
+        state = channel.json_body["state"]
+        # only one member has joined so there should be one membership event
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(state))
+        event = state[0]
+        self.assertEqual(event["type"], "m.room.member")
+        self.assertEqual(event["state_key"], self.admin_user)
+
+    def test_room_state_param_empty(self) -> None:
+        """Test that passing an empty string as state filter param returns no state events"""
+        room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(self.admin_user, tok=self.admin_user_tok)
+
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/{room_id}/state?type=",
+            access_token=self.admin_user_tok,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code)
+        state = channel.json_body["state"]
+        self.assertEqual(5, len(state))
+
+    def test_room_state_param_not_in_room(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Test that passing a state filter param for a state event not in the room
+        returns no state events
+        """
+        room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(self.admin_user, tok=self.admin_user_tok)
+
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/{room_id}/state?type=m.room.custom",
+            access_token=self.admin_user_tok,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code)
+        state = channel.json_body["state"]
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(state))
+
     def _set_canonical_alias(
         self, room_id: str, test_alias: str, admin_user_tok: str
     ) -> None: